Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll’s radio messages during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix were perhaps the most memorable broadcast on the world feed coverage of the race due to how the two Aston Martin team mates appeared to be actively working to help each other.
The pair finished the race fourth and seventh respectively, with Alonso less than a second away from beating Charles Leclerc and only just missing out on a fourth podium finish in a row.
During the early laps of Sunday’s grand prix, the Aston Martin drivers found themselves behind Lewis Hamilton in sixth and seventh. Stroll was right behind his team mate, but informed race engineer Ben Michell that he was not planning to try and overtake Alonso ahead:
| Lap: 4/51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alonso | We are running too close to the cars in front. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Cronin | Copy Fernando. We just want to make a bit more of a gap to Norris behind Lance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cronin | Hamilton one second, Lance one second. Hamilton 0.9. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 5/51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroll | No, I will not attack. | Cronin | Fernando we will start more management now. Both cars will do more management. Consider one click forward brake balance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Michell | Copy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroll | We are both playing the same game. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 6/51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michell | Copy that. | Cronin | So can confirm Fernando, Lance will not attack you. He’s doing the same as you. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alonso | I mean, he can have a go. I think Hamilton is opening the graining, but it’s just a matter of time we overtake them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cronin | Yeah copy mate, copy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 7/51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cronin | So you’re doing a really good job on these tyres. They’re quite a bit cooler than the other car. This will help us later. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 8/51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michell | Hamilton ahead of Fernando, who’s struggling with rears, graining. | Alonso | Which lap are we and is Hamilton in the DRS of Sainz? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michell | The other car’s starting to push on Hamilton. But he’s doing more lift-and-coast than you, double. | Cronin | Hamilton is not in the DRS, Hamilton is not. We’re on lap eight, we’re on lap eight. Hamilton is complaining of tyres graining already, Hamilton’s complaining. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alonso | Yep, let’s pass him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Later in the race Alonso talked about the effectiveness of a set-up selection with his engineer Chris Cronin and told him to pass that detail on to Stroll:
| Lap: 18/51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michell | Plus two on brake balance, suggestion. | Alonso | Copy. Tell Lance my brake balance suggestion, as I am now, I think it’s a good help. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cronin | Yeah. Copy, all understood. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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